Today marks the publication of a new piece of art criticism I wrote. Subtitled “A reconsideration of Japanese Woodcut Art from a Parisian in Japan, 1934 – 1960”, the booklet has this central thesis:
The emergence of Outsider Art as a separate and distinct artistic tradition has been a dominant trend in art criticism over the last 50 years. A new phase in the movement is to re-evaluate historical artists in the context of the Outsider framework.
Many artists who previously were placed into ill-fitting genres and movements can now be seen in the Outsider context, allowing us to understand their work as fully aligned with a distinct international movement. In this spirit, we can reevaluate the work of Paul Jacoulet on a number of criteria.
This slim booklet lays forth the characteristics of Jacoulet that firmly place him in the Outsider tradition. Below is a complete bibliography, but my major sources for divining the criteria for “Outsider” are:
- Roger Cardinal’s 1972 book, “Outsider Art”
- “What is Outsider Art?”, an explication of related traditions from Raw Vision magazine
- “What is Outsider Art?”, an essay published by the Outsider Art Fair
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